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INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC

EIN 47-1251523 MIAMI, FL

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Revenue 2024
$15,857,598
Expenses 2024
$12,383,397

Program services were 76.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A51
Classification
1000
Street
61 NE 41ST ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, MIAMI (ICA MIAMI), IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE WORK OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, AND TO THE EXCHANGE OF ART AND IDEAS THROUGHOUT THE MIAMI REGION AND INTERNATIONALLY. THROUGH AN ENERGETIC CALENDAR OF EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS, AND ITS COLLECTIONS, ICA MIAMI PROVIDES AN INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM FOR THE WORK OF ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS AND ADVANCES THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL ART OF OUR TIME.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $6,365,936 · Revenue $257,773

  • COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH ITS COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM, ICA MIAMI COMMUNICATES ITS MISSION AND ACTIVITIES TO THE PUBLIC, INFORMING AUDIENCES ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN OUR SOCIETY THROUGH MULTIPLE MEDIA. ICA MIAMI CONTINUES TO EMPLOY A COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING AND OUTREACH STRATEGY TO SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT WITH BOTH TOURISTS AND MIAMI RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. THE MUSEUM MAINTAINS DEDICATED STAFF FOR MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND DIGITAL PRODUCTION AND WORKS WITH LEADING PR AGENCIES TO ENSURE SIGNIFICANT AUDIENCE REACH AND PRESS ATTENTION ON THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. KEY STRATEGIES IN FY2025 INCLUDED: 1. PUBLISHING FULL-PAGE PRINT ADS IN CULTURED, DESIGN DISTRICT MAGAZINE, AND OTHER ART PUBLICATIONS. 2. IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS WITH LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS SUCH AS MIAMI HERALD, MIAMI NEW TIMES, TIME OUT MIAMI AND WLRN. 3. RUNNING TARGETED GOOGLE ADWORDS AND DISPLAY ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. 4. BROADCASTING RADIO SPOTS PROMOTING ICA MIAMI'S MISSION OF FREE AND OPEN ACCESS. 5. POSTING AND ADVERTISING ACROSS ICA MIAMI'S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (WITH CONTINUED GROWTH IN INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, AND X/TWITTER FOLLOWERS, REACHING A COMBINED AUDIENCE EXCEEDING 500,000). 6. PRODUCING ORIGINAL VIDEO CONTENT DISTRIBUTED VIA ICA MIAMI'S WEBSITE, YOUTUBE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. 7. ENHANCING WEBSITE SEO VISIBILITY TO MAXIMIZE ACCESS TO EXHIBITION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION. 8. IMPROVING WEB INFRASTRUCTURE TO TRACK ENGAGEMENT PATHWAYS, INCLUDING TICKET RESERVATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP SALES. 9. SENDING EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS TO OVER 113,000 SUBSCRIBERS WITH INVITATIONS TO EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS. 10. GENERATING GLOBAL WEBSITE SESSIONS AVERAGING MORE THAN 20,000 MONTHLY. 11. CROSS-PROMOTING WITH CITY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. 12. ISSUING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASES TO MAJOR ART TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 13. HOSTING EXHIBITION OPENINGS AND EVENTS WITH SPONSORS, LIVE PERFORMANCES, AND SOCIAL ACTIVATIONS.

    Expenses $1,217,778

  • PUBLIC PROGRAMS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, ICA MIAMI CONTINUED TO GENERATE A ROBUST PROGRAM OF PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, SEMINARS, ARTIST TALKS, LIVE PERFORMANCES, AND PODCASTS. BUILDING ON THE STRUCTURE THAT DIVIDES THE INSTITUTION'S PUBLIC PROGRAMS INTO FOCUSED COMPONENTS, PROGRAMMING WAS DEVELOPED UNDER THE FOLLOWING RUBRICS: ART + RESEARCH CENTER, ICA IDEAS, ICA PERFORMS, AND ICA SPEAKS. * ART + RESEARCH CENTER (A+RC) ICA MIAMI'S A+RC REMAINS THE MUSEUM'S PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED STUDY AND DIALOGUE ON ART AND IDEAS, OFFERING FREE COLLEGE-LEVEL SEMINARS AND PUBLIC LECTURES. IN FY2025, THE A+RC HOSTED MULTIPLE THREE-WEEK SEMINAR CYCLES LED BY PROMINENT ARTISTS, THEORISTS, AND SCHOLARS, ADDRESSING THEMES SUCH AS THE UNCANNY IN THE VISUALS ARTS (OCTOBER 15-31, 2024), THE ARTS OF AFRO-BRAZIL (MAY 12-19, 2025), AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION AND QUESTIONS OF CLIMATE (AUGUST 10-13, 2025). OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE A+RC PRESENTED 10 PUBLIC LECTURES AND RELEASED A NEW SEASON OF ITS PODCAST, FEATURING ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS INCLUDING CHARLES GAINES, TONY OUSLER, DEBORAH LEVITT, JEFFERY SCONCE, ROBERTOI CONDURU, LUIS NICOLAS PARES, AND KRIS ROVETTO-BIAGIOLI. THE A+RC SUMMER INTENSIVE CONVENED STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY WITH VISITING FACULTY FROM LEADING UNIVERSITIES. IT CULMINATED WITH A SYMPOSIUM IN WHICH SCHOLARS JOSHUA SHANNON AND STEPHANIE WAKEFIELD PRESENTED NEW RESEARCH * ICA IDEAS ICA IDEAS PROVIDED IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS, SYMPOSIA, AND CRITICAL REFLECTIONS TIED DIRECTLY TO ICA MIAMI'S EXHIBITIONS. HIGHLIGHTS IN FY2025 INCLUDED: A SYMPOSIUM ON THE WORK OF OLGA DE AMARAL, EXPLORING HER DECADES OF ARTMAKING AND THE BRIDGES THAT SHE HAS CREATED BETWEEN CRAFT AND TARDITIONAL PRACTICES AND CONTEMPORARY ART. SCHOLARS AND CURATORS SUSAN ABERTH, ELISSA AUTHER, CRISTINA L. DE LEON, AND MARIE PERENEES PRESENTED NEW PAPERS. AN ARTIST TALK WITH LAURIE SIMMONS REGARDING HER PROJECT "KALEIDOSCOPE HOUSE," ON VIEW AT ICA MIAMI. AN ARTIST TALK WITH MARGUERITE HUMEAU ON HER NEW BODY OF WORKS, EXHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT ICA MIAMI. A FORMAL LECTURE BY JAPANESE ART HISTORIAN NAMIKO KUNIMOTO ON THE WORK OF KEICHI TANAAMI. AN[GM1.1] INTERDISCIPLINARY ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON ZILIA SANCHEZ PRACTICE IN THE CONTEXT OF POSTWAR LATIN AMERICAN MODERNISM AND GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION BROADENING PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARTIST'S WORK AND EXPLORING THE VARIOUS ARTISTIC CONTEXTS SHE WORKED IN INCLUDING HAVANA, NEW YORK, MADRID, AND SAN JUAN. SCHOLARS CHRISTINA A. LEON, CECILIA FAJARDO-HILL AND ALYSON CLUCK PARTICIPATED. *ICA SPEAKS ICA SPEAKS HOSTED ARTIST TALKS AND SCHOLARLY REFLECTIONS RELATED TO ICA MIAMI'S PERMANENT COLLECTION AND EXHIBITIONS. FY2025 FEATURED A LECTURE BY ARTIST RICK LOWE . THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES, ICA MIAMI PRESENTED DOZENS OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS DURING FY2025, ENGAGING THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS IN DIALOGUE, LEARNING, AND LIVE PERFORMANCE. THESE PROGRAMS REINFORCE ICA MIAMI'S MISSION TO PROVIDE FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO CONTEMPORARY ART, FOSTER CRITICAL THOUGHT, AND AMPLIFY DIVERSE VOICES IN MIAMI, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY.

    Expenses $988,661

  • EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ICA MIAMI CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES TO SERVE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THE YOUNG ARTISTS INITIATIVE PROVIDED AN INTENSIVE, APPLICATION-BASED PROGRAM FOR 10TH-12TH GRADE STUDENTS, OFFERING DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH PRACTICING ARTISTS AND CRITICAL ART HISTORY COURSEWORK. STUDENTS DEVELOPED PORTFOLIOS CULMINATING IN AN EXHIBITION AT ICA MIAMI. ICA MIAMI ALSO OFFERED SUMMER PORTFOLIO PREP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS APPLYING TO MAGNET AND CHARTER ART PROGRAMS, AND SATURDAY ART CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AGES 8-14. TOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS SERVED MORE THAN 100 PARTICIPANTS DURING FY2025. OUTREACH PROGRAMS ENGAGED UNDERSERVED CHILDREN AND YOUTH THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. ICA MIAMI CURRICULA FOSTER VISUAL LITERACY AND EMPOWER PARTICIPANTS' SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES. IN FY2025, MORE THAN 1000 STUDENTS WERE SERVED. ICA MIAMI HOSTED FAMILY PROGRAMS INCLUDING FAMILY FEST AND WEEKLY WORKSHOPS DESIGNED TO WELCOME CHILDREN OF ALL ABILITIES. THESE ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS COMBINED STORYTELLING, ART-MAKING, AND MOVEMENT, SERVING OVER 500 FAMILIES DURING FY2025.

    Expenses $911,757

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Debi Wechsler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Irma Braman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Janice Lipton

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Margot Greig

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Paula Morabito

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ray Ellen Yarkin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alex Witkoff

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amanda Mullen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andi Potamkin

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andre Sakhai

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Arlene H Mendelson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Herzberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carolynn Friedman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Catherine Carrafiell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chandra Rudd

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Martin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Berkowitz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daphna Bentata

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dean Colson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diana Morrison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edward Nicoll

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Isabelle Paagman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joanne R Katz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Marquez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jorge Gonzalez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $15,857,598
    Expenses
    $12,383,397
    Contributions
    $15,306,592
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,762,138
    Expenses
    $13,257,817
    Contributions
    $12,630,300
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $12,066,773
    Expenses
    $10,185,219
    Contributions
    $10,027,428
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,166,748
    Expenses
    $10,265,997
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,965,499
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,674,913
    Expenses
    $7,375,649
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,226,437
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,897,117
    Expenses
    $8,057,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,751,875
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,222,707
    Expenses
    $11,368,858
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,633,157
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,777,844
    Expenses
    $8,790,409
    Assets (EOY)
    $57,794,738
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,962,987
    Expenses
    $5,007,644
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,679,774
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,243,377
    Expenses
    $4,056,597
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,780,873

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.